Police make second pot arrest, seize 17 pounds

Published: Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 05:29 PM.

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Police are investigating the roles each man played in the alleged drug ring, he said.

“Other than the uncle/nephew relationship, the other ties that bound them together was the drugs,” Rosselle said. “If you were to lay out an organizational chart, I don’t know who you’d say was superior to the other, who was supplying whom.”

No further charges are anticipated for Davie, Arms, Dukuly and Morton, he said.

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Police then interviewed Arms and, after investigating, searched the home at 539 Lake Wylie Road, Belmont, early Tuesday.

Officers found 17 pounds of marijuana in plastic bags inside a blue plastic barrel, a .223-caliber semi-automatic rifle, a 12-guage pistol grip pump action shotgun, and $1,600 cash, said Capt. Curtis Rosselle with Gaston County Police Department. An investigation is ongoing to determine if the guns are legally owned or stolen.

Thomas Alan Davie Jr., 23, of the home was there when officers arrived, along with Abdulai Momulu Dukuly, 24, of Charlotte. They were arrested and have been cooperative with police, Rosselle said.

Morton is Arms’ nephew and officers are now looking for 23-year-old Cameron Tyler Patton of Belmont, who is considered a “person of interest” in the case, Rosselle said.

Police are investigating the roles each man played in the alleged drug ring, he said.

“Other than the uncle/nephew relationship, the other ties that bound them together was the drugs,” Rosselle said. “If you were to lay out an organizational chart, I don’t know who you’d say was superior to the other, who was supplying whom.”

No further charges are anticipated for Davie, Arms, Dukuly and Morton, he said.

Gazette reporter Wade Allen can be reached at 704-869-1828; twitter.com/gazettewade.